South Korea finds part of North Korea rocket

South Korea finds part of North Korea rocket

This picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 9, 2009, shows a Unha-2 rocket launch. The country said it launched another long-range rocket on December 12, 2012.

North Korea's Wednesday launch was widely condemned by the international community over concerns that it was really a cover for ballistic missile activity.

Hence the importance of South Korea's find. Defense ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok today said the "debris is expected to be an important piece of information in determining North Korea's rocket capability,'' reported the AP.